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Dr Dennis Jensen MP

Dennis Jensen

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Member for Tangney, Western Australia

Party
Liberal Party of Australia
Chamber
House of Representatives

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Contact details

Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 4156
Fax:
(02) 6277 8460

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

6-8 Aveley Street
Willetton, WA, 6155

Postal address
PO Box 329
Willetton, WA, 6955

Telephone:
(08) 9354 9633
Fax:
(08) 9354 9233

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Email
Dennis.Jensen.MP@aph.gov.au
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Websites
Personal website
Party website

Alternative URL

www.aph.gov.au/D_Jensen_MP

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Electorate details

Tangney electorate map

Tangney, Western Australia

Biography

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Parliamentary service

  • Elected to the House of Representatives for Tangney, Western Australia, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

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Committee service

  • House of Representatives Standing: Science and Innovation from 1.12.04 to 17.10.07; Industry, Science and Innovation from 11.3.08 to 19.7.10; Transport and Regional Services from 1.12.04 to 17.10.07; Education and Training from 11.3.08 to 19.7.10; Petitions from 25.10.10.
  • Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 29.5.06 to 17.10.07.
  • Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 25.10.10.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to United Arab Emirates, May 2011.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to UK, Spain, Germany and USA, April-May 2012.

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Party positions

  • Member, Liberal Party Booragoon Branch from 2009.
  • Member, Liberal Party Geelong Branch 1997-2000.
  • Vice-President, Liberal Party Brand Division 2003-04.
  • Member, Liberal Party Willetton Branch 2004-09.

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Personal

  • Born 28.2.1962, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

  • BAppSc (RMIT), MSc (Melb), PhD (Monash).
  • Air traffic controller 1983-86.
  • Research scientist, CSIRO 1995-99.
  • Research scientist and defence analyst 1999-2004.

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Electorate

  • Description: inner metropolitan.

    Location: southern Perth; it includes the suburbs of Applecross, Alfred Cove, Ardross, Attadale, Bateman, Booragoon, Bull Creek, Canning Vale, Leeming, Melville, Mount Pleasant, Murdoch, Myaree, Parkwood, Riverton, Rossmoyne, Shelley, Willetton and Winthrop, and parts of Kardinya.

    Area: 96 sq km (approx.).

    Electors enrolled: 92 176 (at 21.8.10).

    Industries: light industry, retail and service industries.

    State electorates: Tangney includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorate of Bateman, and parts of Alfred Cove, Jandakot, Riverton, Southern River and Willagee.

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